Tampa Pro 2011 Chill Time

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Rob

On Thursday before the Contest gets going, the annual fishing trip goes down. Biebel and crew joined Schaefer. I'm always too busy to go on this one but it always looks like a damn good time. Several days later, they're still eating fish.
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Brandon Biebel

I made an extra judges' worksheet for Kevin from The Skateboard Mag so he could play along and be fantasy judge. He had his own separate results calculated on the side that weren't far off from the regular judges. Maybe he might have a new job at SPoTlight in the future.
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Kevin Wilkins

I wandered around upstairs and found quite a party going on.

The view isn't so great up here.

It was nice to see Yelawolf hanging out all day Friday checking out some skating and just holding it down with the homies. I was fanning out all weekend.
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Michael Wayne Atha aka Yelawolf

Now it's Sunday and we're all gearing up for the live webcast. You wanna get shot with the machine gun cam?

Schaefer, the gear, and the vocal chords are all ready for our little web production.
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Brian Schaefer

The names of each skater are set up before the heats start. So, when people miss their run or have to move around in order, that's how things get messed up a little with titles on the webcast.

This is what the director/camera changer guy sees. I heard a few people say the dude doing the camera switching did an amazing job. I still haven't had a chance to watch the webcast myself. I hope you enjoyed it if you watched it.

Meanwhile, outside tons of new SPoT ink was being set at the Atomic Tattoos tent.

You can't say no to an autograph request from that face.

Gino in the crowd! Wow, thanks for coming and hanging out all weekend.
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Gino Iannucci

It's always amazing to see how stacked the decks are with skateboard superstars.

The intermission is the Moat Race, where eggs have become mandatory now.

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by Rob on Tuesday, February 07, 2012

The story of losing at Tampa Pro is an amazing tale of human drive and determination. Follow your nightmares and you too can end up at the bottom, recognized for your valiant efforts, high fived in the gutters of Ybor, and celebrated by the last few true dirtbags in skateboarding. Here's to y'all!